MEETING AGENDA 1 19 10 Welcome and Introductions

MEETING AGENDA 1 -19 -10 • Welcome and Introductions- Working Group Chair • Where We Are/Where We Are Going- Lindsay Batchelor • GHG Inventory and CAP Overview- Lindsay Batchelor/Jeff Hightower • Approach and Goals of the CAP Project. Consultant • GHG Estimates for Focus Area- Consultant • List Development- All • Next Steps- Lindsay

UPDATE ON PLANNING PROGRESS

SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIC PLAN Climate Action Plan Energy & Water Land Use Buildings Academics & Research Materials & Purchasing Transportation Waste Reduction & Recycling

CLIMATE IMPACT AT NC STATE UNIVERSITY

AMERICAN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS CLIMATE COMMITMENT • Addresses global warming through a commitment to work towards climate neutrality • Co-organized by AASHE, eco. America and Second Nature • Over 650 signatories nation-wide • NC State signed the ACUPCC in 2008

REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACUPCC • Within two months of signing this document, create institutional structures to guide the development and implementation of the plan • Within one year complete a comprehensive inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and update the inventory every other year thereafter • Within two years of signing this document, develop an institutional action plan for becoming climate neutral • Initiate two or more tangible actions to reduce greenhouse gases while the more comprehensive plan is being developed • Make the action plan, inventory, and periodic progress reports publicly available Source- http: //www. presidentsclimatecommitment. org/html/commitment. php

NC STATE UNIVERSITY’S TANGIBLE ACTIONS • U. S Green Building Council’s LEED Silver Standard or equivalent • U. S. EPA’s ENERGY STAR Partner • Provide access to public transportation

WHAT IS A GHG EMISSIONS INVENTORY? For the purposes of the ACUPCC, a GHG inventory quantifies your campus “carbon footprint” in terms of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year (MTe. CO 2/yr)

NC STATE GHG EMISSIONS INVENTORY • WHO: Jeff Hightower- Director of Utilities Infrastructure for Facilities Operations and student interns • WHEN: Time Frame- Data from both 2008 calendar year and 2007/2008 Fiscal Year • WHERE: Boundaries- Main Campus, Centennial Biomedical Campus and some satellite offices • HOW: Calculators- Clean Air, Cool Planet; Climate Registry; EPA; Atmosfair

GHG EMISSIONS INVENTORY- SCOPES

GHG EMISSIONS INVENTORY- 2008

CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING

WHAT IS A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? • A comprehensive plan including a target date and interim milestones for how NC State will reach climate neutrality • Will include the following sections: • Introduction • Campus Emissions • Mitigation Strategies • Educational, Research and Community Outreach Efforts • Financing • Tracking Progress

THE CARBON MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY Avoid Reduce Replace Offset Avoid carbon-intensive activities (and rethink business strategy) Do whatever you do more efficiently Replace high-carbon energy sources with low-carbon energy ones Offset those emissions that cannot be eliminated by the above Modified Version from “Getting to Zero: Defining Corporate Carbon Neutrality” by Clean Air – Cool Planet

STABILIZATION TRIANGLE (PACALA-SOCOLOW) Graph from the Princeton Environmental Institute’s “Stabilization Wedges: A Concept and Game”

STABILIZATION WEDGES (PACALA-SOCOLOW) Graph from the Princeton Environmental Institute’s “Stabilization Wedges: A Concept and Game”

ACTUAL EXAMPLE – DUKE UNIVERSITY

Traditional valuation Climate Action Plan

Value when GHG has a price Climate Action Plan

CAP WEDGE GROUPS • • • Green Development (campus growth, new buildings) Energy Conservation (existing buildings) Fuel Mix and Renewable Energy Transportation (commuting, business travel, fleet) Offsets (off-campus carbon reduction) *Base Case • Define “business as usual” assumptions across all wedges • Estimate “do-nothing” cost associated with GHG emissions

AEI APPROACH Phase 1 Phase 2

LAND USE GHG IMPACT • Plug Loads – Approx. 10% of overall GHG emissions • Green IT – Possible 20% of overall GHG emissions – Purchasing an important piece • Sustainable Purchasing – Transport of materials • Student Education – Purchasing energy efficient electronics

MATERIALS AND PURCHASING STRATEGIES • Develop a sustainable purchasing policy for campus that will provide goals and direction for how to foster environmentally and socially responsible purchasing. • Help individual department further develop the University’s sustainability policy to focus on their specific needs • Help campus increase the amount of sustainable materials purchased. • Develop a tracking system for sustainable purchases on campus. • Work with Market. Place vendors to highlight sustainable items on their electronic ordering sites. • Develop bid specifications that require vendors to provide sustainable options for their products such as reduction of packing materials for items shipped to campus.